Project Engineer

Job Description

Project EngineerDewberry is currently searching for a Project Engineer to join our Disaster Recovery Services team. While the core team is located in our Fairfax, VA office, candidates can work remotely and are expected to travel to disaster locations for extended periods of time and attend quarterly or more frequent meetings in Fairfax, as required. The selected Project Engineer will support existing disaster recovery contracts and support business development focused on federal, state, and local disaster recovery work.This position requires prior experience supporting Federal, state and local entities with disaster recovery, specifically FEMA’s Public Assistance, Individual Assistance, Logistics, and Hazard Mitigation programs or HUD’s CDBG-DR and CDBG-MIT Programs. Prior experience in infrastructure and housing is required. Individuals must have the ability to travel to disaster sites, manage and train field personnel, and provide onsite technical solutions. The Project Engineer makes critical decisions within their areas of responsibilities and exercises authority as delegated by the Program Manager(s), Senior Project Managers, and Business Unit Manager.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• Candidate is expected to support projects and work with individuals in support of disaster recovery projects for state, local, and Federal clients
• Have strong organization, client engagement, staff engagement, written and verbal communication skills and be able to support proposal development for new work.
• Assess a recovery project work status, costs, and supporting documentation
• Researching the details of written approved grants, contracts, invoices, payment logs, timesheets, purchase orders, procurement and other documentation to help resolve cost inconsistencies in a grant
• Providing feedback when grant funding adjustments are needed due to duplication of funding, additional scope of work items, or changes in project costs

Required Skills & Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area required
• Working knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat
• Familiar with Share Point, Box, and other file sharing sites/capabilities
• Knowledge of Power BI, Arc GIS Online, and relational data base software is a plus
• Experience in the disaster recovery business
• Must have a strong work ethic and excellent time management skills
• Strong interpersonal and written and oral communication skills
• Must be flexible and able to adapt quickly to various tasks and changing demands
• Ability to work independently while following instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job
• Driving is a requirement of the position. A clean driving record is required
• US citizen and ability to obtain a security badge is required
• Ability to work overtime and/or remotely is required
• Exceptional research, analytical, and writing skills
• Detail oriented in nature with the ability to place details into a broader picture
• Background and experience in grant management, financial management and/or management consulting
• Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate with managers, team members, clients, and stakeholders and do so with diplomacy and tact.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employee’s. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

*This position is covered by the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act of 1965 (SCA).